- Taschenbuch: 272 Seiten
- Verlag: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc (26. Mai 2003)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 157912254X
- ISBN-13: 978-1579122546
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,9 x 13,6 x 1,9 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.962.705 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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A guide for aspiring stand-up comics, from performers at Friar's Club, New York. 20 b/w photos.
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The Friars Club is New York's equivalent of London's Comedy Store:- a melting pot of live stand up comedy where the skills and ideas of comedians and comic actors are forged by the fire of public trial. No one knows more about being funny than the Friars Club, and now for the first time, the world's funniest comedians who performed there reveal their personal tricks of the trade - and give away their favourite material - in this easy-to-use manual for aspiring comics and comedy writers. In this book, the funniest performers in American show business discuss the art of being funny: Rita Rudner; Phyllis Diller; Lily Tomlin; Jerry Stiller (from Seinfeld); playwright Neil Simon; actor Red Buttons; Richard Pryor; Freddie Roman; Richard Belzer; Ryan Stiles (from Whose Line Is It Anyway?); David Brenner
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6 von 7 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Life on the comedy club circuit, not a guide to being funny
16. Juni 2004
Format:Taschenbuch
First of all, what this book is not: It is not about how to be funny, nor is it an analysis of what humour is. The title is blatantly misleading. The book itself is not funny, because these are comedians describing things that happened to them, not attempting to get the reader to laugh.
This is a collection of first-person narratives in which comedians reminisce about performing in comedy clubs, especially at the beginning of their careers when they were unknowns. Their stories are surprisingly similar - struggling for stage time, desperate for money, honing their craft, and so on. The stories are repetitive and, after awhile, seem interchangeable. At times the narrators engage in a bit of introspection about why some things are funny and some are not, but one has to search for those analytical moments. To a large extent, these comedians just kind of "wing it" and have trouble articulating why one joke is hilarious while another leads to dead silence.
Of the 30-plus comedians interviewed for the book, I've heard of about one third of them. The most famous participants are Richard Belzer, Phyllis Diller, and Lily Tomlin.
4 von 5 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Yeah. I wanna do it standin up, sittin down, on the phone...
31. Oktober 2002
Format:Taschenbuch
I have a friend who thinks she is funny. She isn't. I think one of the hardest things to do is teaching someone how to be funny. This book comes very close. It's more than just "timing" (that trite often used excuse some use in explaining how to amuse others) and it's more than just having that innate natural ability. Through the many interviews with those that are professionally funny, Mr. Dougherty manages to highlight and tie together the lessons that these jokemasters, prop comics and humorists relate. With their varying comedic styles, Mr. Dougherty successfully documents these truths in a way that they make sense. Comedy is hard. Teaching it is harder. Will this help my comedically-challenged friend? God...I hope so. But it's a good book and I liked it.
Standing up by standing out
14. Oktober 2009
Format:Taschenbuch
I love this book and I love learning the back story i so many comedians i know and didn't know. but thanks to this book now do. So many up and coming comedians assume whats so hard about stand up? Well for you not a lot as long as you have fifty friends you can bring to your show over and over again. But to get you this far were so many comedians who paved the way. I liked reading about for runners of today's comedy world. If your thinking of becoming a comedian or always wanted to know more about the inside world of comedy its a great read. And for you newbies do your homework buy this book! You'll appreciate the laughs you're getting even more!
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